The first stop of the day was Gull Lake, where I left the TCH for hopefully a long time, and stopped at the bakers for a snack and a coffee. At the grocers I didn't buy much, thinking I could get more easily later on, then tried and failed to get some wifi at the closed library.

Last night I must have been pointing in the wrong direction when praying to the wind gods. The 27 miles south to join the Red Coat Trail was not fun, I got battered by the wind coming from the south west, and it took nearly 3 hours to reach the junction, and required all the food in the paniers and most of the water. The ride to Cadillac where I was able to buy an ice cream at a gas station and fill up with water was tough, and when I finally rolled into Pontiex I went straight to the grocery store and devoured a tin of pear halves before managing anything else.